Overview
These awards provide promising undergraduates with hands-on experience of research during the summer vacation, with the aim of encouraging them to consider a career in research. A report [Word 116KB] is available containing some statistical information about the Biomedical Vacation Scholarship scheme, its history, plus abstracts from a selection of projects funded in 2009.
Scholarship
Scholarships are available for up to eight weeks' work and currently provide a stipend of £180 (£190 in London) per week. Research expenses are not provided.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be at a university within the UK or Republic of Ireland and should be one of the following:
- an undergraduate in the middle year of a first degree (i.e. not the first or last year) and registered for a basic science, dentistry or veterinary degree
a medical student between the end of the second year and the end of the penultimate year.
- Medical students who have completed an intercalated BSc year, and graduate entry medical students who have completed a previous undergraduate degree in a science related subject, are not eligible to apply for a Biomedical Vacation Scholarship.
Please note that we also operate a separate scheme of Student Elective Prizes for medical students.
Scholarships are not available for the completion of student projects that are part of the normal degree course, or for students wishing to undertake research in laboratories outside the UK or Republic of Ireland.
There may be only one application per candidate or supervisor. Awards are not transferable
Application forms [Word 797KB] should be completed and submitted in hard copy by the published deadline.
Applications must be submitted on behalf of the student, by the project supervisor. The Trust does not assist in the organisation of project placements; students should contact prospective supervisors themselves.Students and supervisors should develop the project and application together. The application should be a project which can be realistically undertaken within a maximum of 8 weeks. The student should not be viewed as an extra pair of hands in the host laboratory.
Application advice
Applications will be assessed according to criteria that focus on the candidate’s academic record and the project proposed. Scholarship holders in the past have included students of biological sciences, including biology, sports science and pharmacy, as well as medics, vets, dentists and optometrists.Students focusing on natural sciences or computing degrees would be welcome to use this scheme as a taster for research in the biomedical sciences. A suitably focused biomedical research project would be required.
Preference will be given to undergraduates with no previous research experience.
Students are encouraged to arrange their scholarship away from their usual place of study, in order to broaden their experience.
This is an annual competition. Application deadline: 5pm on Monday 15 February 2010. Decision letters will be posted in May 2010.Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.Forms submitted via email and/or fax will not be accepted.
General enquiries should be directed to vacschol@wellcome.ac.uk.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
These awards provide promising undergraduates with hands-on experience of research during the summer vacation, with the aim of encouraging them to consider a career in research. A report [Word 116KB] is available containing some statistical information about the Biomedical Vacation Scholarship scheme, its history, plus abstracts from a selection of projects funded in 2009.
Scholarship
Scholarships are available for up to eight weeks' work and currently provide a stipend of £180 (£190 in London) per week. Research expenses are not provided.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be at a university within the UK or Republic of Ireland and should be one of the following:
- an undergraduate in the middle year of a first degree (i.e. not the first or last year) and registered for a basic science, dentistry or veterinary degree
a medical student between the end of the second year and the end of the penultimate year.
- Medical students who have completed an intercalated BSc year, and graduate entry medical students who have completed a previous undergraduate degree in a science related subject, are not eligible to apply for a Biomedical Vacation Scholarship.
Please note that we also operate a separate scheme of Student Elective Prizes for medical students.
Scholarships are not available for the completion of student projects that are part of the normal degree course, or for students wishing to undertake research in laboratories outside the UK or Republic of Ireland.
There may be only one application per candidate or supervisor. Awards are not transferable
Application forms [Word 797KB] should be completed and submitted in hard copy by the published deadline.
Applications must be submitted on behalf of the student, by the project supervisor. The Trust does not assist in the organisation of project placements; students should contact prospective supervisors themselves.Students and supervisors should develop the project and application together. The application should be a project which can be realistically undertaken within a maximum of 8 weeks. The student should not be viewed as an extra pair of hands in the host laboratory.
Application advice
Applications will be assessed according to criteria that focus on the candidate’s academic record and the project proposed. Scholarship holders in the past have included students of biological sciences, including biology, sports science and pharmacy, as well as medics, vets, dentists and optometrists.Students focusing on natural sciences or computing degrees would be welcome to use this scheme as a taster for research in the biomedical sciences. A suitably focused biomedical research project would be required.
Preference will be given to undergraduates with no previous research experience.
Students are encouraged to arrange their scholarship away from their usual place of study, in order to broaden their experience.
This is an annual competition. Application deadline: 5pm on Monday 15 February 2010. Decision letters will be posted in May 2010.Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.Forms submitted via email and/or fax will not be accepted.
General enquiries should be directed to vacschol@wellcome.ac.uk.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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